diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reverse_op.cc b/paddle/fluid/operators/reverse_op.cc
index 58ca8da7ac0696546929465dd2a703c796db5a88..64c4c37bb06154b2f4ba6b3e5062ad514248ac46 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reverse_op.cc
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reverse_op.cc
@@ -77,23 +77,37 @@ class ReverseOpMaker : public framework::OpProtoAndCheckerMaker {
   }
 };
 
+class ReverseGradMaker : public framework::SingleGradOpDescMaker {
+ public:
+  using framework::SingleGradOpDescMaker::SingleGradOpDescMaker;
+
+  std::unique_ptr<framework::OpDesc> Apply() const override {
+    auto* grad_op = new framework::OpDesc();
+    grad_op->SetType("reverse");
+    grad_op->SetInput("X", OutputGrad("Out"));
+    grad_op->SetOutput("Out", InputGrad("X"));
+    grad_op->SetAttr("axis", GetAttr("axis"));
+    return std::unique_ptr<framework::OpDesc>(grad_op);
+  }
+};
+
 }  // namespace operators
 }  // namespace paddle
 
 namespace ops = paddle::operators;
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(reverse, ops::ReverseOp, ops::ReverseOpMaker,
-                  paddle::framework::DefaultGradOpDescMaker<true>);
+                  ops::ReverseGradMaker);
 REGISTER_OPERATOR(reverse_grad, ops::ReverseOp);
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(
     reverse, ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, int>,
-    ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, int8_t>,
+    ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, uint8_t>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, int64_t>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, bool>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, float>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, double>)
 REGISTER_OP_CPU_KERNEL(
     reverse_grad, ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, int>,
-    ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, int8_t>,
+    ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, uint8_t>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, int64_t>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, bool>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CPUDeviceContext, float>,
diff --git a/paddle/fluid/operators/reverse_op.cu b/paddle/fluid/operators/reverse_op.cu
index 820be6b580803e5a974d68027de0b4072fdfac4b..7a750c75b5be9b0459bbe0ba74893d8524a58501 100644
--- a/paddle/fluid/operators/reverse_op.cu
+++ b/paddle/fluid/operators/reverse_op.cu
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@
 namespace ops = paddle::operators;
 REGISTER_OP_CUDA_KERNEL(
     reverse, ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, int>,
-    ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, int8_t>,
+    ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, uint8_t>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, int64_t>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, bool>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, float>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, double>)
 REGISTER_OP_CUDA_KERNEL(
     reverse_grad, ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, int>,
-    ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, int8_t>,
+    ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, uint8_t>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, int64_t>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, bool>,
     ops::ReverseKernel<paddle::platform::CUDADeviceContext, float>,
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/ops.py b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/ops.py
index 69cfde852dd087bb9192da1f7582f925582dbce4..749c4d06468ea9af6ecf52dd6028c815321da858 100644
--- a/python/paddle/fluid/layers/ops.py
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/layers/ops.py
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ __all__ = [
     'elementwise_pow',
     'clip',
     'clip_by_norm',
+    'reverse',
     'logical_and',
     'logical_or',
     'logical_xor',
diff --git a/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_reverse_op.py b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_reverse_op.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f845575a02869f08299d76b5600074598ca27f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/paddle/fluid/tests/unittests/test_reverse_op.py
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import unittest
+import numpy as np
+from op_test import OpTest
+
+
+class TestReverseOp(OpTest):
+    def initTestCase(self):
+        self.x = np.random.random((3, 4)).astype('float32')
+        self.axis = [0]
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        self.initTestCase()
+        self.op_type = "reverse"
+        self.inputs = {"X": self.x}
+        self.attrs = {'axis': self.axis}
+        out = self.x
+        for a in self.axis:
+            out = np.flip(out, axis=a)
+        self.outputs = {'Out': out}
+
+    def test_check_output(self):
+        self.check_output()
+
+    def test_check_grad(self):
+        self.check_grad(['X'], 'Out')
+
+
+class TestCase0(TestReverseOp):
+    def initTestCase(self):
+        self.x = np.random.random((3, 4)).astype('float32')
+        self.axis = [1]
+
+
+class TestCase1(TestReverseOp):
+    def initTestCase(self):
+        self.x = np.random.random((3, 4)).astype('float32')
+        self.axis = [0, 1]
+
+
+class TestCase2(TestReverseOp):
+    def initTestCase(self):
+        self.x = np.random.random((3, 4, 5)).astype('float32')
+        self.axis = [0, 2]
+
+
+class TestCase3(TestReverseOp):
+    def initTestCase(self):
+        self.x = np.random.random((3, 4, 5)).astype('float32')
+        self.axis = [1, 2]
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()